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Show ' I 'I.XJ'III r; I lt\.t't ;.t? , ~jtmlr(l.t 'fJ fiit;',J. fhlfh'I'J (llntc" 00000 A p p E N D I X. The name of the fixth month is Miquiztlt~ that is, death, reprefented by a ikull. The feventh day is called Mazatl, or fiag, reprefented by the head of that quadruped, as the eighth day is by that of the rabbet 'Tochtli, and fo it is called. The name of the ninth day is At/, or water, and is reprefented by the figure of that element. The tenth day is named Itzcuintli, that is, · a certain Mexicao quadruped, fimilar to. a little dog, and the figure of it is that little animal. The eleventh day was called Ozomatli, or ape, reprefented alfo_ by the figure of that ·animaL The twelfth day was called Malt'nalli, the name of a certain plant of whieh they n'lade brooms·, and is r~prefented by the figure of the fame plant. The thirteenth day is named Acatl~ or reed, and .is reprefented by a reed. The fourteenth day is named Oulotl, tyger; and the fifteenth f(yaubtlr~. eagle, reprefcnted by the heads. of thefe animals. The fixteenth day is Cor.caquauhtli, the name of a Mexican bird, de .. fcribed in the firft hook of ~his hiil:ory, and r.eprefented by the figure of it, though it is very imperfect The feventeenth day is Olin. tonatiuh, OJT motion of the fun, reprefented by the figure of the fame luminary. The eighteenth day is Tecpatl, or fl·int, and the figure of it is the point of a lance, "which ufed to be made of flint. .T .h e nineteenth day is ~iahuitl, Fain, and. is reprefented by a- cloud r.unmg.. ~ The twentieth day is· Xochitl, fiow¢r, and' the figttre that of a flower.. In. the centre of this wheel we have put the figure of the fifteenth month, in order to reduce it to a determined month. IV .. Of the figures qf cities .. The firfr figu-re is that of an opuntia, or nopal upon ~ ftone, the fytnbol o£ the ·city of Tenochtitlan,_ or Mexico.. 'Tenocbttt!an means the |